High Court of Punjab & Haryana
Ankit Goyal v. Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence
CRM-M-NOS. 12200 AND 12204 OF 2026 (O & M)
The ruling in brief
Where petitioners accused of creating 26 fake firms and issuing bogus invoices causing fraudulent ITC benefit and substantial loss to revenue were in custody over seven months, with prosecution primarily based on documentary and electronic evidence and no risk of tampering or flight, coupled with no criminal antecedents, further incarceration was held unwarranted and regular bail was granted subject to conditions
Provisions considered
Section 20 of Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, read with Sections 132(1)(b) and 132(1)(c) of Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 - Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023